Hydrogen paves the way to decarbonisation

While the ultimate global aim is zero-carbon green hydrogen, there is a key role for every other colour of production in the construction of a hydrogen economy

You can read more stories like this by subscribing to our monthly Energy Transition newsletter here Scaling-up the hydrogen economy using ‘cleaner’ hydrogen is a key pathway to achieving global decarbonisation targets. Hydrogen is not new to the energy sector. Production and use of black, grey and brown hydrogen, as categorised by the IEA in its 2019 report, The Future of Hydrogen, from traditional methods using coal, natural gas and lignite, respectively, have existed for some time. There are also a number of existing opportunities for first movers to position themselves for what is likely to be rapid growth in the commercialisation of cleaner hydrogen using blue hydrogen from natural gas r